, Oct. 12 -- The government of Bangladesh, with support from UNICEF, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and WHO, on Sunday officially launched the nationwide Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) campaign.

This marks Bangladesh as the eighth country in the world to introduce this campaign.

The campaign aims to vaccinate approximately 50 million children aged 9 months to under 15 years with a single, life-saving dose of the TCV vaccine, protecting them from deadly typhoid fever.

The campaign was inaugurated today at Farid Uddin Siddiqui High School, Azimpur, Dhaka at 9:00 am.

Children from Sir Salimullah Muslim Orphanage, studying at the host school, were among the first to receive the vaccine during this inaugural session.

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